...Judah. HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox...the Lord, They have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, They are gone away backward. Why should ye be stricken any more? Ye will revolt more and...

...wicked Ages in which they lived, and more particularly fome that gave very bad Examples : Ah /inful Nation, a People laden with Iniquity, a Seed of Evil-doers, Children that are corrupters ! fays the Prophet JJ'aiah, Chap. i. 4. They are all Adulterers,' an AJj'embl'y of treacherous Men...

...Owner, and the Afs his Mafter't Crib ; but my People doth not know, Ifrael doth not confider. Ah, finful Nation ! a People laden with Iniquity, a 'Seed of Evil-doers, Children that ar.e Corrupters. — Compare Deut. xxxii. 6-^19. If k fhewed fo great Depravity, to be difpofed thus to abufe the Bleffings...

...Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken ; I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox...Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider." The goodness of God to a sinner, in the way of providence, may well excite this godly sorrow ; but...

...mountains, ye strong foundations of the earth, and put my people to the blush. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider, Isa. i. 3. Israel hath forgotten the God, that formed him, and is unmindful of the rock, that begat...

...reproof, too, is daily brought before tho eyes of the agriculturist ! " The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib, but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider." Are ire wiser, are we more thoughtful, than the people of (iod wore then? How many reproofs rise up...

...heaven and earth to witness the jus. tice of his complaint. 'I have nourished and brought up chil' dren, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth...Israel doth not * know, my people doth not consider.' It is strange, and yet most true, that the ox and ass, irrational and stupid creatures, should know...

...heaven and earth to witness the justice of his complaint. 'I have nourished and brought up chil* dren, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth...Israel doth not ' know, my people doth not consider.' It is strange, and yet most true, that the ox and ass, irrational and stupid creatures, should know...

...complaining, crying against us, " Ah! sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters, they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Is rael unto anger, they are gone away backward ! 1st Isaiah 4. Pardon me, my country, if I dishonor...

...children, says he by the mouth of Isaiah, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knowcth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. [z] And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalern? and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard....